LAGOS State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Sunday congratulated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governor-elect of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, for emerging victorious at the keenly contested governorship election held on Saturday, saying his victory at the poll was well deserved.
Fayemi was declared the winner of the exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), defeating his closest rival, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, who is also the sitting deputy governor, with 197,459 to 178,121 votes.
Governor Ambode in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Habib Aruna commended President Muhammadu Buhari, leadership and members of APC and its supporters for the hard-fought victory, adding that it was a testament to the fact that the electoral value of the party had not waned.
Ambode especially praised and congratulated Fayemi for his hard-fought victory and wished him well as he prepared to take the mantle of leadership of the state for the second time.
He also urged Fayemi, the immediate past minister of mines, to use his second coming to build on its previous achievements and forge ahead with the quest to unite the Yoruba nation, especially through regional integration and economic transformation of the South-West geo-political zone and justify the confidence the Ekiti electorate had reposed on him.
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Governor Ambode also congratulated the Ekiti electorate for comporting themselves peacefully throughout the period of the election, just as he urged aggrieved to channel their grievances to the appropriate quarters rather than resort to self-help.
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